U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, we share this prayer to Saint Francis of Assisi – a timeless intercessor for peace – which Pope ...

On the 150th anniversary of Pius XII’s birth, Emilio Artiglieri pays tribute to the late wartime pontiff and challenges a ...

"Vatican II did not drop out of the sky," writes Michael Sean Winters. "There were three essential precursors to St. John XXIII's decision in 1959 to announce he was calling an ecumenical council." ...

Deep within the walls of Vatican City lies a repository of secrets, a library of power, and a documented history of the world seen through the eyes of one of its oldest and most influential ...

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown.

"The only solution possible in conscience before God is for the Society of St. Pius X … to recognize our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV as the legitimate Pope not only in theory but also in practice, and to ...

Two prominent Catholic cardinals have expressed their profound concern and sorrow over a recently announced decision by the ...

In February 1905, nine years after the first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, their founder Pierre de Coubertin met at the Vatican with a big sports fan: St. Pius X. Coubertin was seeking ...

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time. Nearly 400,000 people registered in advance to see the bone fragments.

Pope Leo XIV has already restored several customs from recent pontificates that Francis had set aside. The Pallium Mass for new archbishops on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul returned last June, ...

In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a forthright assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.” ...

Since Mary is of all creatures the one most conformed to Jesus Christ, devotion to her is believed to conform a soul to Jesus.